The Woman From Hell
Chapter 196

Chapter 196

The child was the only reason why we were still a family.

I could not let him go and make myself stay for the sake of the child. He did not like me. He wasonly letting me stay and taking care of me because of the child. That was it!

The more I thought about it, the more upset I felt.

It was already dark outside. I was exhausted after a long day. I told Miss Woods about it beforegetting up t o go upstairs and lying down.

As I lay on the bed, I tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. I had been sharing a small bed withCecilia the last few days and the abrupt change of location made my heart empty since she was nolonger around.

The wind was billowing outside the window, followed by a heavy downpour.

Unable to sleep, I looked at the time. It was midnight. I got up and stood at the balcony, looking outat the strong winds and heavy rain outside the window. I had a sudden urge to rush out and be inthe rain.

However, the balcony had been sealed off after what had happened last time. Where I was at themoment, there was no rain and the wind could not blow in

either.

I was in an irritable mood. It felt suffocating.

Without thinking too much about it, and before I suffocated to death, I rushed downstairs withoutwearing my shoes and rushed into the pouring rain.

The rain slapped my face and body, though it was slightly cold. I had never felt so comfortable andrelaxed. I could not help but open up my arms and raise my head to welcome the rain.

At that moment, I no longer felt uncomfortable and irritable. I was even slightly excited.

Soon, I was soaked. I crouched on the ground, the excitement in me slowly dissipating asdisappointment and sadness overflowed from me. I had bottled up my feelings for too long andneeded to vent it out.

From tearing up in silence to wailing out loud, I could no longer hold myself back and cried my heartout.

The grievances, sadness, and hurt during this period o f time were all released at once at thismoment.

Perhaps I was too loud that Miss Woods awoke with a start.

She opened the door and saw me crouching down in the rain. She instantly became flustered andrushed out into the rain to pull me back. I was crying heart-wrenchingly. I did not budge even aftershe pulled me.

Helpless, she rushed back into the house and grabbed an umbrella to hold it over my head. "Mrs.Grant, let's g o back. You shouldn't hurt yourself no matter how serious the issue is. Think about thechild. Even if you don't feel sorry for yourself, you should feel sorry for the baby!"

At this moment, I refused to listen to any word she said. More than 20 days of tears that had beenheld back suddenly gushed out like water from a burst dam. I was inconsolable.

Miss Woods had no choice but to stand in the rain with me, holding the umbrella up for me.

Although it was summertime, it was in the middle of the night, and coupled with my soaked clothes,my consciousness grew a little fuzzy as my heart began to hurt.

Just as my vision went dark and I was about to crash t o the ground, a figure rushed over to me andreached out to embrace me.

I looked up. Theo looked furious as he glared angrily a t me, eager to skin me alive.

However, he did not say anything and only picked me up, rushing into the house.

"You're back, Mr. Grant. I couldn't talk her out of it." Seeing Theo, Miss Woods followed behind him,feeling relieved.

I closed my eyes without a word. I did not even struggle.

He carried me to the second-floor bathroom and removed all my clothes before turning on theshower and bathing me.

My ice-cold body was drenched in hot water. I felt as though a gush of warmth had entered myheart. My shivering body instantly warmed up.

His face was cold the whole time. He did not say a word.

As for me, I simply closed my eyes and did not look at him because my throat and eyes wereburning from crying too much.

When I was in there long enough, he picked me up and gently placed me in the bathtub. I was notaware when I stood up earlier, but now that I was lying down naked, I felt uncomfortable andstruggled to get up.

He pressed me down and said in a deep voice, "You’ll feel comfortable having a warm bath afterbeing in the rain. It's also to prevent you from catching a cold."

With my chest being pressed down by his broad hand, I dared not and could not move. I simply layback down.

Soon, my body felt comfortable and warm. Even my throat and eyes felt much better.

He did not talk the whole time. The room was eerily quiet. I could not help but blink, looking into hispitch-black eyes as they stared fixedly back at me.